I was asked to write a short piece for the Scotsman newspaper, commenting on calls for Olympian Chris Hoy to be given a Knighthood. Here’s what I wrote.

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While trawling through recent coverage of Republic’s ‘Challenge the Oath’ campaign, I turned up Daniel Harran’s Telegraph blog.

Describing his own reasons for wanting to keep Britain’s antiquated and undemocratic constitution, Harran explains that he’s “convinced that, if we started fiddling, we’d almost certainly end up with something worse.”

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Okay maybe not ‘at war’ as such, but what we have witnessed over the weekend is open hostility between a democratically elected Government and the monarch-in-waiting.

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Peter Preston has written an interesting article in today’s Guardian, looking at how William’s role as ’saviour’ of the monarchy has diminished with the passing years. It reminds me of the flip-side argument against the monarchy, that it is not just bad for Britain, it is bad for the Windsors too.

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As you may have heard, human rights lawyer Louise Christian is to take on Republic’s legal challenge against the various British oaths of allegiance. We’re seeking a change to the law so politicians, members of the judiciary and new British citizens can take an alternative oath which pledges allegiance to the country rather than the Queen.

Louise was on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, discussing the issue with monarchist MP Douglas Carswell. You can listen here.

Let us know what you think in the comments.

UPDATE

BBC News online is also reporting on this story.